Rancho San Ysidro / San Ysidro School

[This base is a two-sided monument commemorating both Rancho San Ysidro (side 1) and San Ysidro School (side 2)]

RANCHO SAN YSIDRO

In the early 1800's Rancho San Ysidro was granted to Ygnacio Ortega. After his

death the lands were divided among ...

44th Indiana Infantry

Lauman's Brigade - Hurlbut's Division

(front)

44th

Regiment

Infantry

Commanded by

Col. Hugh B. Reed

3rd Brigade - Gen. Lauman -

4th Division - Gen. Hurlbut -

Army of the Tennessee.

Indiana

(back)

44th Infantry,

Commanded by Col. Hugh B. Reed.

This regiment formed in this line Sunday, April 6, 1862, at ...

Old Belfry

This belfry was erected on this hill in 1761 and removed to the Common in 1768. In it was hung the bell which rung out the alarm on the 19th of April 1775.

In 1797 it was removed to the Parker ...

Buckman Tavern

In 1714, Lexington selectmen gave John Muzzey permission to keep a “Publique House of Entertainment.” On Sundays townspeople came here for a hot flip and a warm fire after sitting for hours in the unheated church.

John Buckman owned this inn ...

First Church Built in Las Vegas

1905 - 2005

Building Rededication

Honoring the 100th Year

Anniversary of the First Church

Built in Las Vegas

presiding

Honorable Mayor Oscar B Goodman

December 13, 2005

Marker is on South 3rd Street, on the left when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Butler County Courthouse

Side A:

Butler County was created on March 24, 1803, about three weeks after Ohio became a state. Hamilton won the competition for the county seat, thanks to Israel Ludlow, Hamilton's founder. Ludlow's donation of the public square secured the county ...

Cambridge Farms

In 1642, 11 men were proprietors of land grants in Lexington, using their land here for farming or holding it for speculation while living in Cambridge. By 1682, about 30 families lived in Lexington, then known as Cambridge Farms. Disliking ...

The Daguerre Monument

[Inscription on Monument's front, 1890]:

DAGUERRE

[Inscription on 1890 monument's south side]:

To commemorate the half century in photography 1839 - 1889. Erected by the photographers association of America Aug. 1890.

[Inscription on 1890 monument's north side]:

Photography, the electric ...

The Battle Green

The battle fought on the Lexington Common between the British and the Americans on April 19, 1775 was one of the first great events of the American Revolution. But for a century afterwards, residents paid no particular attention to their ...

Community of San Martin

Martin Murphy, A native of Ireland, and

his large family came to California in

1844 and settled on the San Francisco de

Las Llagas Grant, which was patented

to Daniel Murphy, one of his sons. As a

devout Roman Catholic, ...